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HE: Vocab Unit 8
Honors English Freshman Year
Question | Answer |
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decrepit | infirm, broken down, rickety, dilapidated |
consecrate | to devote, dedicate; to sanctify |
ingenuous | naive, artless, guileless, candid |
multifarious | varied, manifold, heterogenous |
commend | to praise, pat on the back; to entrust, applaud |
apprehensive | worried, nervous, fretful, jittery |
reprisal | retaliation, revenge, retribution |
condolance | commiseration, solace, sympathy |
suave | sophisticated, urbane, polished |
apathy | indifference, disinterest, detachment |
parsimonious | frugal, penny-pinching, "cheap" |
stultify | to smother, stifle; to neutralize, negate |
omnivorous | all-devouring, vocarious |
revel | to relish, savor, bask in; to carouse |
quandary | confusion; a dilemma, predicament |
recalcitrant | unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery |
animosity | enmity, rancor, antipathy |
obsolete | outmoded, antiquated, passe, "old hat" |
deride | to mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at |
compatible | harmonious, in agreement, like-minded |